In a message dated 7/24/99 2:04:19 PM Mountain Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << What? I am that cat that was selling the CD's on Ebay. I had to stop because I got a letter from MM's manager asking me to. But I am curious why you would say that I am uncool considering I have never sold anything to anyone before....therefore it is impossible for me to have wronged you in the past. Not to mention I have no idea who you are, and you have no idea who I am. So what's the story? >> I'll butt in here. The general rule of thumb most bands operate under that allow taping at their shows is that it's OK to swap tapes or burned CDs with others as long as no money other than postage is exchanged, and it's certainly OK to resell semi-sanctioned bootleg CDs like Pavement's "Stray Slack" or Guided by Voices' "Crying Your Knife Away," but that it's definitely not cool to use auction sites like Ebay to sell boot CDs made without any kind of sanctioning from mixing board or audience tapes. The person that originally posted the message probably assumed that most music fans know these rules of the road, but I'm inclined to give you the benefit of the doubt first time around. Don't be surprised if you're inundated with e-mail from people shouting "Not cool," however. Loring Wirbel Monument, Colo. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
